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How does one make a millie?

This is a lot of work.  There are many ways, stringer stack and melt on.  These can take 2-50 hours to make a milli.

Are there any major differences between china quartz and American made quartz?

Well, from our understanding all quartz is actually made over seas.  Then what we call American quartz is fabricated to the banger here in the USA, using foreign quartz.  Much like Elev8 uses Shott glass and is made in Germany, but a clear water pipe made on Shott glass is still considered USA made, or …

Does heat retention correlate to thickness and quality of material used to assemble a banger?

Heat retention are mostly based on thickness as most bangers are made from quartz.  The more mass, the longer the heat retention. To hold and keep the perfect temperature, consider a Silver Surfer E banger with a quartz dab dish.

Can BHO concentrates be bad for you over time? BHO Vs. solventless concentrates

As are not doctors we can not say for sure. But what we can say is most solvents like butane evaporate almost instantly.   Propane has been used as a solvent for decades.  These solvents are removed so in theory both are the same, but you get more bang for you $ with solvent extracted products.  …

Can you use the same carb cap for any banger?

No, each banger is kinda unique.  For instance, a typical carb cap will not work with a turp slurper. A long-nosed carb cap will not fit in the quartz Silver Surfer Dab dish. We do find that on average a 25mm carb cap is normal with a standard 25-32mm banger being normal.  Most will interchange …

Does quartz glass require a different or specific cleaner vs boro?

You can pretty much use the same cleaner on quartz as you can borosilicate glass.

What are the benefits of generating your own oxygen in the glass studio?

There are a lot of benefits. We save money! We actually are making a smaller carbon footprint as once the machines are made, we just pay for the electricity to make the oxygen.   This saves fuel in delivery charges, labor charges and taxes. This also is safer as we do not have any liquid or …

How do you use ferrofluid when blowing glass?

This is filled after the rig is made.   It is done a lot like our glycerin tubes were made.  It takes a lot of skill

Had a customer ask if we could turn a few pieces of a broken pipe into a pendent?

Yes we can.  It has to be clean and we charge $100 an hour.

Can you coat the outside of a waterpipe with real gold?

Yes, we do this always when we fume.  We use 24k gold.  You could also electroform the pipe.  It would be expensive, but gold is the most malleable element so you could get it 1 atom thick.   But this is what fuming is actually.